Sleeve cuff



April 21, 1925. 1,534,597

L. LUFTIG SLEEVE CUFF Filed March 20, E52

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Patented Apr. 21, 1925.

LENA LUFTIG, or New YORK, N. Y.

SLEEVE Curr.

Application filed March 20, 1922. Serial No. 545,108,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LnNlr LUFTIG, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented certain-new and useful Improvements in Sleeve Cuffs, of which the following is a specification.

It has been found that duck coats such as are commonly worn by barbers, waiters, etc. after a comparatively short amount of wear, break and crack about theedges of the cuff sleeves, and while the remaining parts of the garment are in practically, perfect condition, the coat must either be discarded altogether or furnished with entirely new sleeves or cuffs. This breaking or cracking of the material is due to various causes, one being the characteristic stiffness of the material, another being due to the severe methods of laundering, starching and 1nachine ironing usually employed, and another being due to the fact that in order to obtain the proper form and set to the cuffs it is impossible to turn back the material to form a double thickness for the cuff because of the taper of the sleeves, consequently the double thickness of the cuff is made by sewing on a separate piece of material and the wearing or outer edge of the cuff must therefore 1n order to avoid raw or cut edges be formed by turning in a hem on each of the plies of the cuff, thereby producing four thicknesses ofmaterial at the cuff edge. Due to the strong washing and bleaching solutions used in the laundering of garments of this type,

these four thicknesses of material absorb and retain more of the solutions than the remaining parts of the garment and which consequently causes the rapid destruct on of the wearing edge of the cuff and the cracking or breaking thereof heretofor referred to.

' One of the principal and more specific obpiece may be readily removed and a new piece quickly and easily inserted if it should become necessary or desirable.

A further object is to provide a reinforc ing strip for a sleeve cuff whichwill not detract from the appearance of the garment.

Considered in its broader aspects, this invention relates to an improved construction of a sleeve cuff applicable to all types of garments as well'as to those heretofore set forth and has for one of its objects the provision of a simple construction for reinforc ing a sleeve cuff which canbe embodied in the garment during the manufacture thereof at a very slight additionalcost.

F or the accomplishment of these and such further objects as will hereinafter be apparent to those skilled in the art to which this appertains, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts herein specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is to, be understood that changes, variations and modifications may be resorted to which fall within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a sleeve cuff embodying my invention,

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

As shown in the drawings, the sleeve 10 is provided with the usual cuff 11 formed of two plies of 'inaterial .12, 13 which are stitched together as at 14 a short distance from the outeredge of the cuff. An insertion piece 15 of the same or of a softer and more pliable fabric than the material of the garment is folded upon itself and the folds stitched together as at 16. The insertion piece is then inserted between the outer free .1

edges of the cult beyond the stitching 1d and a final row of stitching l'Fis then run through both plies 12 and 13 and the insertion piece 15.

Theinsertion piece 15 being of less thickness than the usual four plies is therefore softer and will not crack or break as readily as the cuff edge as usually constructed. By

means of such construction, when the insertion wears out, vthe face ends of the cuff members may be opened by removing the stitching 17 and a new insertion appliedto the cull layers, or the cull layers may he stitched together without the use of any insertion it so desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. i'L sleeve cult formed of a plurality of layers of material having their free ends doubled over inwardly on themselves-said layers being stitehed together near their free ends on a line spaced from the outer n :irgin of said. turned over free ends, and an insertion formed of a piece of "fabric doubled over on itself and stitched to the overlapping Eree-ends of said cult atthe outer margin of said cufi layers.

A sleeve and formed of a plurality of layers oi material having their tree ends doubled over inwardly on themselves, said layers being stitched together near their free ends on a line spaced from the outer margin of said turned over free ends, and an insertion .forined of a piece of fabric. doubled over on itself, and stitched to the overlapping free ends of said cull at the outer mar gin of said cull layers, and also stitched together independently of said cuti layers.

Signed at New York in the county el New York and State of New York this day of'Mareh A. D. 1922. 

